Becca's Heart for Early Childhood Education: article indicates indirect instructional help to science and social studies

Monday, February 21, 2011

article indicates indirect instructional help to science and social studies

I'm trying to find articles that encourage increasing or at least giving equitable science instructional time at the elementary level. Since No Child Left Behind was enacted, there are many articles that indicate science is disappearing from the elementary classrooms.

However, there is a little ray of hope. Read this article of Philip M. Katz's titled, "Research Round Up: Field Trips Down, Ignorance Holding Steady, Museum Visits Booming."

http://www.aam-us.org/pubs/webexclusive/nclb.cfm

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Memory card game, puzzle, or file folder pieces

Becca's rule of thumb that has worked successfully with children goes like this:

The child's age up to 2x their age determines number of pieces(then based on their successful completions of at least 4 activities at that level, the teacher or parent starts adding pieces by 1s or 2s until their frustration level is reached.

Example:
1. A young 2 year old should be started with an activity that has 2-4 pieces to manipulate.

2. A young 3 year old should be started with an activity that has 3-6 pieces to manipulate.

3. A young 4 year old should be started with an activity that has 4-8 pieces to manipulate.

Continue to add as age and ability progress. Near 6-7 years of age, a jigsaw type puzzle with 25-50 pieces should be possible to complete. For memory card games, having 20-26 pieces or 10 -13 matches should be challenging enough. File folders have space limitations, so maintaining about 8-10 small zones or areas will be suitable. It will be the content used in the activity that will be the challenge for a child using a file folder game.

Becca's Heart for Early Childhood Education

A love for teaching young children

Monday, February 21, 2011

article indicates indirect instructional help to science and social studies

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